Improvement in sulky-flows



A 5am @met if JHN-ROOT., OF '.HARTLAND, NEW YORK. Latem Patent No. 85,768, daad ,fm1/umg 12,1869. p

nunovnmnm' IN su'LKY-PLows.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the l'aine.

To all whom 'it-ma/y conca-n.- A Beit known that I, JOHN ROOT, of Hartland, in the county of Niagara, and State of NewYork, have in- `vented a new and improved Sulky-Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact' descrip pendent from the axle, near the plow, whereby a selfguidin'g sulkyplow is produced.

In the drawings- A is the plow.

B is the colter, attached firmly to the beam, the upper end extending above the latter. n

C is an axle, o ne end of which is attached to the upper 'end of the coulter, the end of which passes up through the former, which is secured and made adjustable vertically by means of a wedge, d, or equivalent.'

On the opposite end of lthis axle, which extends from the plow toward the land a distance of about four feet, is mounted one of the wheels E of the sulky. From the axle-,near the plow, descends au arm, F,

curved or declining backward, on the lower end of which is mounted a lesser Wheel',` G.

This arm F- passesv through a mortise in thel axle,

and vis retained in place by a wedge, h. i

I is the drivers seat, attached -to the axle in any suitable manner. l The operation of my improvement is as follows:

The depth of the furrow is rst regulated by adjust' ing the axle on the end of the coulter, and the arm F .in the former, by means of the wedges d h, as above described. vThe plow is then ready for operation. The arrangement of the wheel Gis suchas to support the weight of the plow, and thereby prevent that friction on the bottom, which ensues when no such means are employed. This greatlylessens the-draught or power 'required to draw the plow, and isa matter of great importance. The weight of the driver on the seat keeps` the plow steady, while the sulky maintains it in its proper vertical position, Without the aid of an attendant. y 'What I claim as my invention, and -desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf `The combination and arrangement, with a plow, of

the wheels E G, axle O, and arm VF, substantially as set forth.

JOHNl ROOT.

Witnesses: v

JAMES H. PoLLAnn, 

